Religion has played an important role the growth of nation-states and individual, communal, and national identity as well. However, religion is utilized as this powerful source of identity to create a sense of community and belonging, thus promoting unity, but also to mobilize societal differences and conflict. Religion contributes to the development of nationalism, but nationalism often breeds intolerance and exclusion. It can be used as a source of legitimacy by leaders to either develop political
course, I found the connection between religion and politics the most important concept we’ve studied. With engagement and understanding of politics becoming increasingly important, it’s valuable to study the ways people both interact with politics and form their political opinions—and as we’ve seen, religion can play a huge role in both of these aspects. However, the way religious groups engage with politics can perhaps be generalizing when discussing major religions, seeing as these groups are often
differences in religion, political ideology, skin color or any number of reasons that could potentially be suspect. Despite this suspicious and oftentimes ethnocentric nature American society also prides itself on its diversity, which is typically called the “melting pot”. Due to this diversity among the inhabitants of the country and the established political traditions that developed political identity is made up of a broad spectrum of characteristics that come together to create one’s ideology. Much
Religion is universal. Although people may have different ideologies and practices, everyone believes in something, whether they deem it their religion or not. In this way, religion is a powerful connection between all of humanity; thus, it is important to understand the people behind religion and how their unique characteristics correlates with and influences religion—whether that be their social class, ethnicity, gender, or politics. However, ethnicity and gender, along with the closely linked
polarization on one’s personal ideology. Republicans held on to their traditional beliefs during Lewis and Gossett’s experiment. Interestingly, “the gap between Democrats and Republicans grew from 8 to 36 points, as support rose 25 points among Democrats and dropped 3 points among Republicans” (Lewis and Gossett) The increasing polarization caused partisanship and ideology to overlap because Republicans were forcing their traditional values on its political party. As liberal ideology increased immensely, Republican
Literature Review Popular Opinion on Abortion Abortion has long been a source of acrimonious and controversial debate. It touches upon key ethical, moral, philosophical, biological, and legal issues. Opinions about abortion tend to be rooted in fundamental personal values which are unlikely to change. Many people, especially Christians, regard abortion as murder. Such people oppose abortion in varying degrees, calling their position Pro-Life. Others regard abortion as an excruciating yet critical
As society moved from agrarian to industrial, the sexual ideology was heavily influenced. During this period, the need for children to help maintain farmland was no longer necessary. Cities emerged and reproduction slowed. This period was a major turning point for the dominant meaning of sexuality; thus it has great significance. D’Emilio writes about this changing sexual ideology when he states “especially within the middle class, sexual desires had become increasingly fused with a romantic quest
Islamic feminism can be defined as women who advocate for their rights, gender equality, and social norms under the framework of Islam. Rooted in Islam, the movement’s pioneers have also utilized secular, Western, or otherwise non-Muslim feminist discourses. Advocates in the movement seek to highlight the deeply rooted teachings of equality in religion and encourage a questioning of the patriarchal interpretation of Islamic teaching through the Qur 'an, hadith and sharia towards the creation of a
as a political statement, but more of a metaphor of how the world philosophically works one way or another. Over the centuries, the male portion of the world has been the in the leaders’ chairs of powerful groups running the world (Dimitrov, 2004). Gender roles in everyday life have been seen over the years in many varying jobs like nursing, lawyers and the military. Human resource management’s role in business can be attributed to a parent trying to stop a fight between two children. Another example
When talking about something as controversial as politics, the words “conservative” and “liberal” can be used as an automatic rejection when some individuals are so dead set in their ways of believing that they don’t even want to try and understand the other person’s belief and why they believe it. Personally, I am more liberal than conservative, but I am very open when it come about discussing politics, at least with other open minded individuals I trust to have those conversation s with. I don’t